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MSP WELCOMES INCREASE IN NEW HOUSING SUPPLY

MSP for the Angus South Constituency, Graeme Dey, has welcomed an increase of over 20% in the supply of new housing in Angus – with the increase for Scotland as a whole at 15%.

More than 22,000 homes have become available across Scotland in the past year, 375 of those in Angus – over 80 more homes than the previous year.

This builds on the annual increase in the total Angus housing supply seen last year as well – with the Scotland-wide figure the highest since 2008-09, including an increase in local authority housing stock for the first time since 1980.

But Mr Dey, along with Scottish Government Housing Minister Kevin Stewart, has warned that a ‘no deal’ Brexit could have a damaging effect on future growth.

Commenting, he said:

“These figures are very welcome – with the percentage increase in Angus particularly strong – and show this SNP Scottish Government on track to deliver 50,000 warm affordable homes across Scotland by 2021.

“However, given the vulnerability of private builders in particular to Brexit fallout – with over 60% of 2018 materials imports coming from the EU, and more than 7,000 EU nationals employed in Scottish construction in 2017 – this progress could yet be derailed.

“A chaotic no-deal exit, towards which this inept Tory UK Government is dragging us, risks major disruption to supply chains and a critical workforce – much as it does across multiple key sectors of the Scottish economy.”